Unfortunately, this comes as Sho realizes why the borrowers slink around in the shadows. After all, who knows what would happen to them - what would happen to whatever borrowers are left, period! - if they were to be discovered? Arrietty can't resist the temptation to learn more about this boy, though, and the two of them soon strike up a close friendship. His ticker can't handle much in the way of excitement, but that's just what he gets when he spots Arrietty, a brave fourteen-year-old girl who's all of a fraction of an inch tall and is just beginning to learn the ways of being a borrower.Īrrietty and her family live in fear of humans. Sho all too quickly discovers that there are at least three of 'em, though! In the weeks leading up to the open-heart surgery that will hopefully keep him alive, Sho is shuttled off by his workaholic parents to the countryside for some peace and quiet. Because they tend to stay out of sight, no one really knows how many - or how few! - borrowers are actually out there. They bravely venture out in the great unknown like the explorers of old, scaling mountain-sized tables and scuttling up drapes to get the supplies they need for a happy, healthy life. That's why the tiny people who've squirreled themselves away in Sho's house call themselves borrowers rather than You're not going to miss a cube of sugar the size of your thumbnail or a single piece of Kleenex.
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